I've made a few montages (probably not making any more considering the negative feedback), but in each one, I get a large amount of hate towards the use of expressive VGS...

It's become almost instinctual that when something exciting, funny, or whatever...happens, I use VGS to express or convey some emotion. This is not to say that I primarily use VGS for this purpose (I very commonly use it for attack, defense, flag commands, etc...) but I use it occasionally for this type of expression.

So, this is where my question comes in...

Why do people think that expressive VGS is something that is negative to Tribes?

I just don't get it...it's part of the game, unique to the franchise, and a easy and non-offensive way of expression. In my opinion, it's better than stopping and typing "owned" or "REKD"

Those are the only two options in your mind? How about not saying anything at all? How about not bragging like a little kid when you manage to beat someone?

I personally rarely get upset when someone taunts me, but what does happen is I lose a lot of respect for that player, whether they do it to me or someone else. This is especially true when it's a shitty player who just got lucky (which actually make up most of the people who try to taunt their opponents).

If you manage to make an impressive play or get a nice kill, are you unable to enjoy it without rubbing it in the face of the person or team that you bested? It's just childish behavior.

And I know some people use taunts with no ill will, but sadly most use them in order to try to brag and/or provoke. So even if you fall into the former category, unless you're very obviously just playfully joking around, you're going to look like a dick.

Well, you brought up the comparison of "owned" and "rekd", which are generally terms used as offensive taunts, so I assumed you meant using VGS for the same purpose.

As for VGW's and VGA's, personally, I refrain from using them as well, unless I know that the other player doesn't mind. It just feels too much like bragging to me.

It's a completely other story if you get a nice kill and your opponent congratulates you. Then you can do all the wohoos you like, since you know that they too were impressed by your actions and are not frustrated.

Who cares if the opponent is impressed? I'm not playing Tribes to impress anyone, I'm playing to have a good time. If I'm playing a competitive game and I feel I made a good play, it's my right to say something. I don't need permission from another player in order to feel pride, and if another player is offended because I expressed pride in a kill I got on him, maybe he/she isn't suited for a competitive environment anyways.

You don't have to care about impressing anyone, that's not the point. The point, at least for me, is not acting like a braggart.

Sure, you have the right to brag. You have the right act like a dick as well. Doesn't mean you should do it tho.

And if for you a competitive environment is synonymous with bragging over kills, then I feel sorry for you. I rarely see truly good players brag when they get a kill. It's usually the players who think themselves to be good that need to toot their own horns.

Some people feel that the only way for them to get noticed and stand out from the masses is to act like a dick. If they don't have what it takes to become famous for their skill as a player, they can become infamous for acting like an ass. Gotta get that attention somehow, right?

if you mean expressive as spamming then stop spamming cause that's annoying as fuck sometimes but i would say vgs is more annoying than saying rekd but also you should never stop the play just to vgs that's kinda stupid

On a unrelated note, i have like 300 clips in my storage so how mad would you guys be if i made another montage? It's been like 2 months i tink

Somtimes it's funny but other times it disturbs the communitation and gameflow. I prefer something usefull which gives me valid tactical informations. Using VGS inflationary results in being ignored..Like the boy who cried wolf ..or in poluting other valid [VGS]:

[VGQ] [VGQ] [VGQ] [VGQ] [VGQ] [VGQ] [VGQ] [VGQ] [VGQ] [VGQ]

One the other hand it can make people rage, get Psyche Outs and fall out their role.
In Pubs it's often my last try if my team is going underground to protect the gen while it's 0:4:

I have it all turned off for 2 reasons - 1, it's spam that fills my screen, 2 Not worth having it on to see team messages because any useful messages get lost in the spam.
I wish you could select what you hear/see. Then I would have team messages on and the Global off.

It's VGTA and VGTB that're pretty much meant to throw salt on a wound that didn't really hurt till that point. VGTG is about ok in my book. If used appropriately rarely. Personally rarely use any of these three. Though sorry if my triple Shazbot!s annoy you. I only do that when I fucking failed to fulfill an objective by a hair's breadth.